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OT: Gayle Sayers dies at age 77

Most likely, the greatest open field runner of all time! Will never forget the night I first watched Brian's Song, if I'm not mistaken it was a TV movie that was later released at theaters, probably the first TV movie to ever do that!
 
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Always a big event when Chicago was on tv back then; Sayers was electric. Did not realize he only played 4 years.
 
Always a big event when Chicago was on tv back then; Sayers was electric. Did not realize he only played 4 years.

4 full seasons. One season he played 9 games. 2 other seasons he played 2 games each with just a handful of rushes. He basically made it into the HOF on the weight of 5 seasons.
 
He was electrifying. Had his career cut short by a major knee injury. I often wonder how many more great years he could have enjoyed had he had access to today's surgical techniques. I wonder that same thing about a lot of athletes from decades ago.
 
Great athlete, and even a greater person. When people refer to high class, Sayers was exhibit A
 
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